Optimal Aerodynamics
International
consultants in aircraft design, aerodynamics and computational fluid dynamics.
Optimal aerodynamics is an
independent consultancy specialising in all aspects of aerodynamic design and
analysis. Our experience encompasses the design and analysis of wide body airliner
wings, instrumentation of a land speed record car, the conceptual and detail
design of a 6,000 lb single engine turboprop and the design and manufacture
of sailplane winglets.
We undertake work and offer advice and in all aspects of aircraft design from concept, through wind tunnel and flight testing to certification. In particular we are expert in exploiting the remarkable potential of modern computational design and analysis methods while harnessing the vast legacy of historical aerodynamic data embodied within the empirical design literature.
Our skills include:
Aircraft
conceptual design
Drag and weight
estimation
Engine performance
modelling
Configuration selection
Planform optimisation
Prediction of stall
characteristics
Modelling of take off
and landing field performance
Mission performance modelling
Stability and control
analysis
Aerofoil
and flap design
2D computational fluid dynamic analysis
Proprietary software for
the ‘direct’ optimisation of aerofoils
Proprietary software for
the ‘inverse design’ of flaps
Wing
design
3D computational fluid
dynamic analysis
Lofting and surfacing from aerofoil sections
Loads analysis and
finite element stress analysis
Aeroelastic analysis
Detail
design
Flying control design
Engine intake design
Winglet design
Wing body fairing design
Excrescence drag
minimisation
Computational
Fluid Mechanics
Subsonic flows –
Panel/boundary element methods
Transonic flows with
weak shocks – Full potential methods
Transonic flows with
strong shocks – Euler & Navier-Stokes methods
Separated flows –
Navier-Stokes methods
Wind
tunnel testing
Program design and specification
Model design and
stressing
Instrumentation design
and specification
Model manufacture
Testing and data capture
Post test analysis and
report generation
Stress
analysis
‘Hand calcs’
Finite element analysis
Mechanical test
specification and design
Force measurement
instrumentation
Strain gauging
Computer
aided design
Mechanical design
Class A surfacing
We consider no project to be too small or too large,
whether it be modification of a microlight or the high speed design of a
transport aircraft wing.